{"id":422422,"date":"2021-04-14T18:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T22:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=422422"},"modified":"2021-04-14T18:05:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T22:05:59","slug":"watch-bidens-un-ambassador-white-supremacy-in-americas-founding-documents-and-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-bidens-un-ambassador-white-supremacy-in-americas-founding-documents-and-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Biden\u2019s UN Ambassador: \u2018White Supremacy\u2019 In America\u2019s \u2018Founding Documents And Principles\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-bidens-un-ambassador-white-supremacy-in-americas-founding-documents-and-principles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=422422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1959.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s UN Ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the National Action Network, founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton, that \u201cthe original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles.\u201d She also championed Black Lives Matter, saying, \u201cI remain hopeful in part because of the influence and the insistence of organizations like yours. Just look at the way [the] Black Lives Matter movement spread this past summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saying it was \u201cso important to engage on a global scale,\u201d Thomas-Greenfield called for \u201crecommitting to multilateral institutions\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><em>If we go it alone and retreat from the world, then we let existing inequalities fester. But if we engage, then we can push for change and demand justice. That\u2019s why under President Biden\u2019s leadership, we\u2019ve been restoring our alliances and recommitting to multilateral institutions. We rejoined the World Health Organization because we believed we can make the WHO smarter, nimbler, and more just by rolling up our sleeves and getting involved. We proudly rejoined the Paris Agreement because the only way to reverse the effects of the climate crisis is to join forces. And we know that if we don\u2019t act, poor communities and communities of color, especially in the Global South, will suffer the most. And we immediately [reengaged] with the UN Human Rights Council and have announced our intention to seek election to that body so that we can advance our most cherished democratic values around the globe.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then she said America was an \u201cimperfect union\u201d and has \u201cbeen since the beginning\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Of course, when we raise issues of equity and justice at the global scale, we have to approach them with humility. We have to acknowledge that we are an imperfect union and have been since the beginning. And every day we strive to make ourselves more perfect and more just. In a diverse country like ours, that means committing to do the work. It means learning and understanding more about each other. It means engaging trailblazing groups like yours to teach, to grow, to include, to improve. It means not forgetting our past or ignoring our present, but keeping both firmly in mind as we push for a better future.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Segueing to personal experience, she then opined that \u201cthe original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>I tried to do this recently in the UN General Assembly when I spoke on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. That day and commemoration was personal for me. So I told the UN some personal stories. I told them how my great-grandmother, Mary Thomas, born in 1865, was the child of a slave, just three generations back from me. I grew up in the segregated South; I was bused to a segregated school. On weekends, the Klan burned crosses on lawns in our neighborhood. I shared these stories and others to acknowledge, on the international stage, that I have personally experienced one of America\u2019s greatest imperfections. I\u2019ve seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 1852, the great orator Frederick Douglass, who had been a slave, addressed America\u2019s founding documents like this as he spoke to&nbsp;the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>I have said that the Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation\u2019s destiny; so, indeed, I regard it. The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of America\u2019s Founding Fathers, he stated, \u201cHow circumspect, exact and proportionate were all their movements! How unlike the politicians of an hour! Their statesmanship looked beyond the passing moment, and stretched away in strength into the distant future. They seized upon eternal principles, and set a glorious example in their defense. Mark them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas-Greenfield continued, \u201cBut I also shared these stories to offer up an insight, a simple truth I\u2019ve learned over the years: Racism is not the problem of the person who experiences it. Those of us who experience racism cannot and should not internalize it, despite the impact it can have on our everyday lives. Racism is the problem of the racist. And it is the problem of the society that produces the racist. And in today\u2019s word, that\u2019s every society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning to America, she continued with a list of victims: \u201cIn America, that takes many forms; it\u2019s the white supremacy that led to the senseless killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubrey, and so many other black Americans. It\u2019s the spike in hate crimes over the past three years against Latino-Americans, Sikh, Muslim-Americans, Jewish-Americans, and immigrants. And it\u2019s the bullying, discrimination, brutality, and violence that Asian-Americans face every day, especially since the outbreak of COVID-19. That\u2019s why the Biden administration has made racial equity a top priority across the entire government. And I\u2019m making it a real focus of my tenure at the U.S. mission to the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when I say racism is a problem in every society, that means looking beyond America\u2019s borders, too,\u201d she asserted. \u201cAcross four decades in four continents in the Foreign Service, I experienced racism in countless international contexts. From overly invasive searches at airports to police racially profiling my son, to being made to wait behind white patrons for a table at a restaurant. Racism was and continues to be a daily challenge abroad. And for millions, it\u2019s more than a challenge; it\u2019s deadly. Like in Burma, where Rohingya and others have been oppressed, abused, and killed in staggering numbers. Or in China, where the government has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, a paean to Sharpton\u2019s group, as well as Black Lives Matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>The prevalence and pervasiveness of racism and racial inequality might make the situation look hopeless, so let me be clear: I remain hopeful. I remain hopeful in part because of the influence and the insistence of organizations like yours. Just look at the way [the] Black Lives Matter movement spread this past summer. What took hold in the streets of Minneapolis made it to Monrovia and Madrid and London and Sydney and Berlin and Cape Town, Stockholm and Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo and on and on and on. Or look at Burma, where righteous protesters facing brutal violence are demanding democracy and deploying techniques like strikes and slowdowns and marches in the mold of Dr. King.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She concluded, \u201cMy point is, what we do here matters not just to our own communities but to people across the globe. Because if today our challenges are global, so too is our solidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.438438438438\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden\u2019s UN ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, tells the National Action Network that if America&#8217;s going to join the UN\u2019s Human Rights Council, we must acknowledge our own failures: \u201cWhite supremacy is weaved into our founding documents and principles\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bYc5SyWkE1\">pic.twitter.com\/bYc5SyWkE1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1382388222819459074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden\u2019s UN Ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the National Action Network, founded by the Rev. 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